Once on the professional baseball track, Ben's music performances came to a halt except for occasional entertainment of friends and teammates. “My guitar went everywhere with me. I always had one in the clubhouse and on every flight,” recalls Broussard. “It was my constant; my love of playing wasn’t influenced by my baseball performance or teams. I definitely felt more relaxed and focused when I was playing guitar and writing regularly. All my songs came from my experiences traveling the countryside playing baseball. I can remember sitting on a park bench in Chicago one summer- that day I wrote a song about this odd man sitting close by who resembled Einstein. In Seattle, the equipment room was where most of my songs on the last album ‘Renovated’ were written. My teammates were my audience; I had the unique opportunity to get feedback on how my tunes affected them.”